On a green field under the bright sun, Adel was sitting in a wheelchair in the middle, sweating profusely.
Adel, panting: How long has it been? Four years??
Adel continued to extract the dragon energy to the best of his ability.
Adel: I'm exhausted! I've managed to extract 40% of the energy, but I still can't heal my wounds. I have to help everyone!!
Just then, King Arthur approached, walking lightly.
Arthur: How is your training going?
Adel: No matter how much energy I extract and release, there's no solution! My lower half can't move.
Arthur: Don't worry, the time has finally come. I left my place to fight the monsters to do this.
Adel: What are you going to do??
Arthur: Boys, come here!
Ahmad, Badir, Osama, Ziyad, and Fakhr entered and lined up beside Adel.
Adel: What's happening? Answer me, please!!
Arthur: Today, I will teach you how to become much stronger. No matter how much dragon energy you release, you won't be able to keep up if you don't know how to use it.
Arthur shouted: Pride, step forward.
Pride: Here I am!!
Arthur: How much dragon energy can you release?
Pride: I think 50%.
Arthur: Ahmad, how much dragon energy can you release?
Ahmad: After using my dragon's ability, I reached 29%.
Arthur: Alright, Pride, fight me with your full strength, and I will restrain my power to 29%.
Pride: Your Highness, that's not reasonable! You know that even a difference of 1% makes a big difference in strength.
Arthur: Come on, do not hesitate for a moment.
Pride charged with all his might and used the "Ice Sword" skill.
Arthur: Pay close attention, young ones.
Pride: He is restraining his power, but what is this terrible pressure? Don't be afraid.
Pride ran as fast as he could, gripping his swords tightly to deliver a powerful strike with his icy blades.
Arthur: Hmm, let's see.
Arthur waved his sword with a faint aura barely visible, and when the swords clashed, Fakhr's ice shattered easily!!
Prride: How can this be?! Don't give up! "Ice Mountain!"
Pride unleashed tons of ice mountains, and Arthur quickly jumped backward to dodge them.
Arthur: How's your energy now??
Pride, thinking: Huh?? He knows that releasing attacks is very exhausting. Why is he asking?
As Arthur leaped backward, he waved his sword and released an aura resembling a thread, slicing through all the mountains.
Pride: Then I have no choice! "Awaken the Dragon."
Badir: What is that?!
Osama: I've heard of this before!!
Ice exploded everywhere!!
Pride, looking around frantically: Where did he go? Where did he freeze?!
Badir spotted Arthur frozen in a spot to his right and rushed toward him.
Arthur, trapped in the ice: I was playing with you at 5%; you'll see now at 10%.
Arthur quickly vanished from the ice.
Pride: That trick won't work on me! "Ice Blade!"
He shot icicles into the sky, but Arthur wasn't there.
Pride: I'm exhausting my energy. Where is he? Was he joking when he said 10%? This is unbelievable!
Just then, Arthur appeared before Pride and tapped his finger on his forehead, startling Pride, who jumped quickly backward.
Arthur: Your end has come.
Arthur unleashed a quick attack that no one saw until it reached Pride's chest and smashed through his ice, severing his dragon awakening ability. Afterward, with his shirt torn, he felt weak and kneeled to the ground.
Arthur: I stopped the attack before it reached your skin.
Everyone watched in amazement at how such a simple force could do all this.
Arthur: As you can see, it doesn't matter how much energy you release as long as you don't know how to control it.
Ahmad: What do you mean by control?
Arthur: I don't blame you for not knowing, as only those of the rank of deputy commander and above are taught how to control. And what I mean by control is restraining the aura.
Osama: Restrain the aura? I've never heard of this before.
Arthur: As you can see, the reason you lose in battles all the time is that your powers drain quickly, and this is not trivial. There's a good reason for this.
Pride: What's the difference in duration, Your Highness?
Arthur: Let's say it's about 100 times.
Everyone shouted in unison: What!!!!!
Arthur: Hahahaha, let me clarify this for you. When you release your aura, you release it with maximum power, and the aura explodes, spreading everywhere as if it were a bomb; this is what causes you to lose. Either the bomb kills the enemy or it wins. But controlling the aura, in short, is about turning your aura from an explosive one to a calm one so that energy doesn't leak from your body.
He raised his index finger into the air and produced a tiny point of light that shone brightly.
Arthur: As you can see, I focus the aura in my finger and don't let its power boil over, and the bright light is the power of the aura. Adel, you have progressed significantly during this time. Try to do this.
Adel: I think it's easy. I'll give it a shot.
Adel raised his finger just like the king did, and when he tried to gather the aura in his finger, he couldn't; all the aura was scattered as if it were a raging fire.
Adel: Huh, why can't I compress it?
Arthur: Alright, alright, this will be your training in the upcoming days. Once you master this, you will have to fight using dragon energy for at least an hour.
Pride: This is crazy! Extracting all this energy for an hour!!!
Arthur: And one more thing for you, Fakhr: you are forbidden from using Dragon Awakening.
Badir: Dragon Awakening again? I need to know what it is!!
Adel: Perhaps this is the secret required. I must learn how to do it.
Days and weeks passed, and no one had mastered it.
Ahmad: This is extremely exhausting. Every day we release all our energy but to no avail. How can we do this?
Osama: I agree. Just releasing dragon energy pours out explosively on its own. There must be a secret to restraining it.
Ahmad: I don't know why, but I just had an idea.
Badir: Ziyad and Fakhr haven't mastered it yet; how are we going to master it?
Ahmad awkwardly held his sword, placing his left hand on the blade and closing his eyes.
Ahmad, to himself: Explosive energy! I think this happens in my mind. Our constant feeling of danger makes us release all our strength to survive. I need to calm down. Imagine the dragon's breaths as it releases them; the aura leaks from my body. My dragon told me before: feel it like a burning fire.
Pride: His aura is overflowing with power.
Osama: Wait! Look!!
Ahmad, talking to himself: Calm down! Control the fire; don't worry about the danger; let the fire engulf you; feel its warmth, then release it calmly.
Adel: This is unbelievable, brother.
The aura around Ahmad began to calm down a little; it wasn't completely calm or like the king's, but Ahmad began to master it.
He opened his eyes in shock: I did it! I did it!
Everyone jumped around him, asking how he did it, and Ahmad began to explain his thoughts.
Arthur, watching from a distance: They are truly incredible. It took me several months to reach this level.
Days passed, and everyone improved their aura control.
Arthur: Well done, everyone! It took you a long time, but you did it.
Arthur to himself: A long time?? (sarcastic laugh) I must keep them motivated and not let them feel overconfident in their power.
Arthur: Now you will try fighting using it.
Osama: Where is Adel? I don't see him.
Ahmad: Badir, what do you think we should try it together?
Badir: Let's do it!
Ahmad stood in front of Badir, and they unleashed their auras together, but this time it was different. The aura surrounded only their bodies.
Ahmad: Here we go!
Ahmad leaped quickly toward Badir and attempted to strike from the side, which Badir parried.
Ahmad: Wait, wait! Were you this fast and strong before?!!!
Badir: No way! I'm the attack type, and I managed to parry a strike like that.
Ahmad and Badir laughed at each other and continued fighting for two hours.
Arthur: Well done, everyone. Now let me introduce the final matter. Adel, come forward...
Ahmad beamed with excitement, a broad smile on his face as he saw that. Adel walked in on his own two feet.
Adel: I'm back, brother! Let's head to the battlefield again!!
To be continued...